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commit against the liberties, not only of Hanover, but of every German State. _ - Madrid Papers, of the 6th inst., have been received this morning. The following are the Articles of the New Loan Bill adopted by the Cortes on the 3d. It should be borne in mind that the Bill has only ad vanced a first stage, and consequently that in its de tails the measure may undergo material alterations,be• fore it shall have received the Royal sanction : " Art. 1. The Government is authorised to contract a loan of :500 millions of rials. "Art. 2. These funds shall be devoted exclusively to the expenses occasioned subsequent to the Ist of April, or to be occasioned by the armies of operations on the national navy actively employed, covering anterior expenses with the other rents and contributions of the State. " Art. 3. The Government is also authorised to apply to the payment of the interest and to the amortization of the said loan the net produce of the mines of Almaden and Linares, and whatever portion may be necessary of the rents and con tributions of the peninsula, as well as of the adjacent and transmarine islands. " Art. 4. The Government is authorised to dispose of the mercury of the min es o f Al ma d en a f ter t h e manner most pro ductive and convenient to th e na ti ona l i n t ere sts, with ou t being subject to the mode of administration by the Government established in the resolution of the Constituent Cortes of the 27th of October, 1837. Art. 5. Authority is also given to capitalize the interests of th e f ore i gn debt. The Government will publish a decree d eclaratory of the manner in which it will capitalize the inter ests the debt. " Art. 6. The Government will render an account in the next Legislature cf the use made of the present law." Ile second article embodies the amendment pro -I).„?sed by General SEOANE, and reject e d by th e aiinisters, when the loan project was first submitted to the Cortes. Has the Cabinet then had the good sense t o perceive, that without some such clause the new Bill would be' regarded by France and England, as another scheme to rob the monied interest, and dupe and disgrace Spain for the sole benefit of jobbers and adventurers ? But even as it now stands, the Project will not be received favourably by the capital ists of Paris and London. The proposed scheme for scheme for capitalizing the interests of the Foreign debt has a sus pi c i ous appearance. Since the above was in type, we received advices from Madrid to the evening of the 7th. The depu ties had finally adopted the new Loan Bill, by a Majority of 139 votes against 13. On the date of these arrivals it was sent up to the Senate ; and the prevailin g impression then was that it would meet 'l"ith no serious opposition in that quarter. The adop tion of the second article, or rather of General RoANE's amendment, had put the Liberals in such Dud humour, that the majority of that body were amon g its warmest supporters. MThere is no other news of any interest in the adrid Papers. Advices had reached Paris on Thurs day. evenin g from the Spanish Consul at Bordeaux, 'which stated that the Carlist expedition in Upper Ar ragon had been defeated on the Gth in the neighbour hood of Barbastro. The details of this affair are not given, nor are we so much as informed who com manded the Christinos on this occasion. Five days previously, as we learn from a letter from Bayonne of th . e . 9 th, Gen era l C ASTANEDA surpr i se d C ASTOR ' S 11 VI31011, and made 337 of the rebels prisoners, includ ing some 30 officers. The chiefs, CASTOR and GuERGuE narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the Christinos. „ LVe quote th e f o ll ow i ng from the Memor i al B or d e l a i s : we have received this morning, by express, news from Madrid to the 6th inst. The Chamber of Deputies has twiny authori se d the Minister. to treat on the subject of the loan of 500,000,000 reals, and in spite of the efforts of Mendi ?abal and his party the projec t of Government has been adopted la full. The loan will he contracted by M. Aguado; though they say that Messrs. Rothschild will co-operate with the . Spanish b an k er. I t appears that M. Aguado obtains, as an Indispensible condition, the settlement of his old accounts ; and is to deduct from the produce of the loan a debt which he claims of twenty-four millions of reels (six millions of francs). Messrs. Rothschild also demand the continuation of the lease of the quicksilver mines, as the condition of their co-operation. The loan will be taken partly on the bona fide account of the co ntractors, partly o n comm i ss i on, and not under four per c , e at. M. Aguado is to sen d i nto S pa i n ten millions of francs Per month, dest ine d exc l us i vely for military expenses ; and it be t " that numerous applications for subscriptions have already addressed to him, - his influence being still very great E i l th regard to Spanish loans : and it being known that .-. es s.rs. Ferrero, Laffitte, Blanc, Collin, Fould, Andre, and ,‘-;.ott!cr other influential banking names, always support M handatio Th e p -e reach Journals of Thursday are filled with contradictory, and i n seve ral instances ridiculous com ments"Pon the debate in the Chamber of Deputies 11 Pon the Supplementary War Budget. There is cer tai"lY s omething amusing in the eagerness of France ° Provide against th e war lik e d es i gns o f Holland. The ( t rtifall of Poland was no thi ng i n c omparison with earr Ying away of a few loads of timber by some utclt boors from the forest of Grunenwald. 'the M On zteur contains no official communication. tllee f °ll "ing are th e on l y ex t rac t s t o b e found in genc p_ 4 Pers) which are unusua lly b arren of intel tb th e quesetiodebate which took place the day before yesterday on re niarked n . of Holland and Belgium, the affectation was l'our e d ki th which Messrs. M o le and Montalivet endea. iitience to make the Chamber uneasy respecting the conse- Nli n i st te 1 that aff a i r. Nothing* is concluded, said the two hand js, though i t was objecte'd to them, that, on the one th e x i u( 'Y had signed the 24 Articles, and that on the other, N ow n g of Holland had accepted them. sio n , the w e have reas ons f or thi n ki ng , that before the discus glum „ Ca binet had s en t an ex t raor di nar y Courier to Bel ort th ex pres s , to announce to Belgium that it must not reckon execut s uPPott of France if it should think fit to resist the r e f iis ilOo of the 24 Articles; nor on our intervention if this 1-1,1 1 4 ,should occasion some act of hostility on the part of tvli en an ,. u • We should not even be surprised if, at the moment th e /,` was speaking, the Cabinet had already received from g i ao Minist er an answer ca l cu l ate d to term i vate t h e rit lPstior. n us the alarms propagated from the Tribune in the ,e,..4urn,ber would be but an oratorical nourish destined as a ee ll ei e , l to the circular of the Minister of Commerce, and to the y e r s a ted military mystification of the forest of Grunenwald. Ivric ter daY the Minister of War was proved, by his own e i ng, to cs have presented in the budget of 1838, as efE:ctive e r i e h e n . 47,330 horses, whereas there were in fact only 24,640, te n a difference of 2,690 horses, the expence for the main be,"`"e of which has been allowed in the Budget of the War vart rne millions thani obtainedsoo francs ntehaiTt. or annexed eariacsh Whichlliona of francs which hor d s? • and the Minister musthave ' for a sum of more than twelve a h c e r e e an t not possibly have spent, and for . he . will do'ubtless account to the Chambers. f rat ,'' d a nt!rne we cannot but again point out this ministerial by by the It may serve to account for the violent au" into A 2 • or gan of th e C abinet on the Comm i ttees which ei t iter IlteA"sla.ertous investigation, and will not decide with documents. —Le Commerce. , So far back a 51826 Sir Walter Scott saw with eoti sorrow the rapid strides which reform was making in Word fore 411 d. andf the result in the following prophetic Pre 3 """ The whole burgher class of Scotland are gradually de tpeePtaring for Radical Reform—l mean the middling and r n , able classes, and whenburgh reform comes, which per. h4er"f"onot long be delayed, a Ministers will not return a Mcm :l .or 7ieotland from the towns. The gentry will abide h ti ti g e e e r b Y sound principles, for they arc needy and e desire ad. thi s . 3 111 ent for their sons, and appointments, and on. But • I a very holt d d an d those who sincerely . hpld 01V de en den fro m h i. °pinions are waxing old." With one exception arising Part f ad management on the part of the Libera s, the first fo r R ., the Prophecy is literallfulfilled, for all the . Mcribc , r e s r'„,,,;74t_eli_ towns, except one, are opposed to . the policy of tn son Leth .'nent of 1826. The naivete with which the "Tory and abid e L i ng more" describes the reason why () the Scotch gentry sound prin c ipl es i s very amusing, and we fully be -0 with him, that it is a " very hollow dependence." Ist, l‘rooday forenoon, a young man, a typefounder, th e st as been out of employment for some time, was taken off . eo ns r eet into the Police-office in a state of insensibility, in tf l a e 3 e nee of his having swallowed an ounce (480 drops) beenanurn. The stomach-pump and other means having v- us ed, he recovered in the course of the day.—Scotsman. 4),1N rat et. NEAR. —Our R.—Our experience of the law has heels fere,. Peculiar. In thr ee cases in which we have been suf. swi„,,.the parties were the Mersey Bankers—Stretton, the 104erIng parson and the notorious Roger Whitehead. Whe transthe bankers were banged or transported we never could but of the others the one was hanged and the other poonisPorted. When Kinnear was in high feather in Liver. Rh; L tn anY Years ago, he negotiated one acceptance for 83,000/. c u is nor: kept framed and glazed, as a memento of those .",i,l,7—eLiverpool Mercury. - Motto of the Glasgow Argus " Short Par- Lme ents, Extension of the Suffrage; re-distribution of the Electoral Districts ; Vote by Ballot." These words express ti:l,ts which are cherished by Reformers, because they are % i t _l(lerata essential to gcod government, and conducive to the atest happiness of the greatest number. _... HULL ELECTION COMMITTEE. DAY.) The Committee met this mornirt, at eleven o'clock. John Wilson, retwr, u ii 4 s entry, was objected to. George Levy 'toed that at the election he engaged a blue band, by dift.j.tiOn of Mr. Quin, and paid them.. One a tnem was John Wilson, a joiner, retidlt.t, he believed, in West -street. Joseph Watsf:sn dtilosed that he kne.,v John Wilson, roper, re- In Hale's entry, who is a voter. Ho vrat engaged in the band at the election, and told witness he had been paid, He voted for James and Wilberforce.—The Committee struck off the vote. Thomas Lakers was objeeted to on the game ground.---The Committee struck off the vote, MARKETS.-(THIS DAY), NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. Neat of all descriptions in good supply, trade very dull, and a great portion left unsold ; prices unaltered. Beef 2s. 4d. to 3s. 4,1 ; ,Mutton Gd. to 3s. 6d. ; Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork 3s. Gd. to 4s. 6d. ; Irish 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. Poultry was not in large supply, and trade very heavy and prices lower; Pigeons 7d. to 10d. ; Rabbits Is.; Wild Ducks Is. to 2s. 6d. ; Widgeons 6d. to Is. ; Woodcocks 2s. to ss. ; Turkeys ss. to 7s. ; Goslings ss. to 75.; Chickens 2s. 6d. to 45. ; Fowls 45. to 7s. ; Peahens 6s to Os.-all each. Eggs in large supply, and trade dull, prices 4s. Gd. to ss. per 120; Plover Eggs Is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per dozen. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish plentiful and cheap. Turbot, 3s. and 4s. to 12s. and 13s. for tine; Soles, Pd, to 3s. and 4s. per pair for large. Cod cheap. Lobsters still dear. Meat trade rather lively, and prices much as before. Beef, 7d. to Sd. and Sid. ; Mutton, 7d. to Sid.; Veal, Bd. to 10d. Pork, 7d. to Sid., all of the first quality. The Vegetable Market is im proving. Hay and Clover remain as before. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. A very good supply of all kinds, and prices reasonable, and some low. Turbot 3s. and 4s to 15s. ; Soles 6d. and 3s. per pair; Cod Is. to 45., and ss. and Cs. for large ; Red Mullet 2s. 6d. each ; Crimped Salmon 4s. per lb., Common 2s. In St. Peter's-alley, Cornhill, we saw some very fine Salmon, Turbot, and Red Mullet, which attracted much attention. COVENT GARDEN MARKET. Turnip Tops were in good supply to-day, and the price was 2s. per Bushel. Rhubarb plentiful and lower. Other Vegetables in fair sup ply, but the quality indifferent, and size small generally. Trade brisker than it has been. HAY MARKETS. Supply to-day good generally, and the demand continues active, as there is but little grass at present—prices much as before. Meadow Hay, 85s. to 100 s. ; Clovcr Hay. 955. to 115 s. ; Straw, 38s. to 40s. and 425. per load. TALLOW MARKET. P.Y.C. continues dull, but we do not quote any variation in prices. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Very . little business done indeed in a;;Commodity, as our daily re port Will have shown. All kinds of Raw Sugar for consumption have declined 6d. to Is. on last week's prices. Coffee of all kinds for con sumption has advanced 2s. Tea at public sale has gone lower by d. to 3d. per lb. on the prices of last Sale. Cocoa has declined several shillings per cwt. for B. P. Rum, Cotton, Spices, and Indigo have secured but very little business, except the Government contract for 75,000 gallons of Rum, which has been taken at 2s. 10,0., which is considerably lower than last contract. The imports have been to a fair extent. The exports and deliveries light. The business advertised for next week, a holiday week, is very small. Indeed such has been the dearth of business during the past week, that the brokers did not print their usual Price Currents. vl 0 EY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DA Y), TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received New York Papers this morning by the Samson, to the 23rd March (one day later than in the Morn ing Journals), and New York Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house to the 25th of March. We copy the following:— " MoNEY MARKET.—This being packet day, the rate of exchange has been fixed. We have rarely known so large an amount of bills thrown into the market at once, as on the present occasion. From Canada Government Bills have appeared, and from the South an unusual number. Bills on London, endorsed by the New Orleans Banks have sold at 105 f, ;and British Government 106 i, which is full 1 to 2 per cent. lower than by the last packet. On France Bills sold at sfs. 40 aunts." The excitement in relation to the Phoenix Bank is in no degree abated, but waxes warmer and warmer. We have observed with regret that several persons have expressed a desire to call a public meeting, to express their indignation at the proceedings of Mr. Delafield. " NEW ORLEANS BINKS.—Loud and bitter complaints are heard of the inactivity of our market, which is attributed to the want of proper action by the Legislature on the Bank question. Exchange 106 ; United Bank Shares 115 ; Trea sury Notes, 5 per cent., 100 k. " Sutherland is in prison at Toronto, and a report was afloat that he attempted to cut his throat." These. papers do not contain further news from Canada. They only state that the disturbances on our Canadian frontier are happily terminated. By the arrival of the Ann we have received Hobart Town papers to the 7th of October. tlarket prices :—Wheat, Bs. to Bs. 6d. ; Barley, 7s. 6d. to Ba. 6d. ; Oats, 7s. to Bs. per bushel ; Hay, 8/. 10s. to 91. ; Straw, 41. 15s. ; Potatoes, 14/. los. ; Sydney Coals, 455. As regards Wool, we may remark, that the value exported of that staple commodity last season amounted to 140,000; and as to Oil, up to the present period, the fishery has been most favourable, although the sea son is not as yet terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, APRIL 14, 1 s3S. THE F UNDS. The only arrivals of consequence this morning are the Ame rican papers of the 24th of March, by which we perceive that the war in Canada has terminated, and that tranquillity pre vails in that country. Consols. which left off on Thursday at 93, 5 _ for the Account, opened this morning at 93f with little doing. Exchequer Bills, 67 prem. ; India Bonds, 71 73 ; Bank Stock, 205} 206 ; India Stock, 2681. In the Foreign market, the only speculation at present, is in Spanish Active at 20i. -; opened at 208 ; Portuguese, 30f 31 ; Three-per-Cents., 201 21 ; Brazilian, 764; Mexi can 278 281; Columbian, 28}; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 539 5.11. PRICES OE STOCKS THI; Bank Stock ..... 2C6 3 per Cent. . 92% ' 3 per Cons. 3y 2 per Cent.... ....... Ditto Red. . .... loo'4 Ne,7 :N per Cent 101%%% New 5 per Cent.. Bulk LongAnnulticstooxvire Jan. 5,1%0-- ...... ..I5 1-16 15 Oct. 10, i 859 Jan. 5, 13(10 Jan. 5, 18H4/... ...... ........... - April 5, I tVA „,.. ............. - Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK imha Stock 269 Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annnities ...... Niw Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, .£l,tion 67 69 um 67 ti 9 Ditto Sinall Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised. ..... Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ Ind!A Stock for Acc0unt......... Consols for Acconnt THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds -- Ditto Account Portuptese Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent. 2ON, i'riimila Bond.; Russian Bond,, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Zetailic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds,lBA 20% 1 / 4 , 4 Ditto Account French, 5 per cent .........1081. -- 4 per cent 3 per cent. Excang^ 2sf. CO Dutch, 21i per cent ',4 1 / 4 4 D:tto Account Ditto, rcr cant. lO O l /4 Ditto Account DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Pak. Per Share H lions Mining Company.... British Iron Company Polbcrou Consols Mining Company Great West: rn Railway Company's.. ............ 65 94 Brighton 1 ailway Company: 8 1 61 ,04% London and Illaocivaii rtanway I,ndon and Birmingham Railway Company 9ll 178 80 London and Croydon Railway Company Ditto Scrip 5 London Grand Junction Railway Atifichester and Leeds Railway Company nch;ster and Birmingham Railway 7 s:orthern and Eastern Railway Company N rim Midland Railway Company 35 York and North Midland Railway Co :pally l2 Asphalte, Claridge's Patent Provincial Bunk of Ireland 25 Ditto Account Brannan Bonds DIU.) Account ..• 11.tenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Bonds Ditto Account ... (3, - ;7utntino i?onda 3itto Account . . Calurabian Bonds, 182. .71 , 4 7 Ditt...) Account ............ ...... 27% atish 80nd5....... Oat:, Acc-unt . Greek ...... Ditto BondA, IP'25 Ditto Account ......... es.izan Con 4 .a, 5 per cent — ['At° Account ....... ti per cent. ....... Ditto Account ....... .. Ncapolitm FT ICES OF Sill A RES THI: 931‘ 124 13 16 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, APRIL 12. 3 per Cent. Cemols 9'% Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 91F 4 Ditto Reduced _ - 1_ Ditto, 4 per went. • Ccn'. Stock, Bai , per ._.. . Stock n974 I Hibet nfan tJitto New, 1:130 Sys per Cent. Debentures Mtn k Stock Royal Canal Stock — Ballast Office Dcbentures,4 per Grand Canal Stock — ce. t HALF-PAST ONE. The private letters received this morning from New York, of the 24th of March, are rather of a gloomy description re specting commercial affairs in the United States. They state that business of all descriptions, as well as other things, were exceedingly dull. They bring the Exchange on London from 105,4 to 106. The Roscoe packet ship of the 24th of February from Li verpool, was going into New York on the 24th of March. The Ontario had not arrived. Little business is doing in the British Market, and Consols arc not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, owing to a gloom prevailing in commercial affairs. Consols, which were 93 for the Account, may be quoted at 93} l ; Money, 921. Exchequer Bills, 67 69 prem. ; India Bonds lower, 72 prem. ; Bank Stock, 206 • India Stock, 269. In the Foreign Market, Spanish ' Active heavy and receded frotn 20 to 204, with Coupons; Portuguese 30_1 ; Three per Cents. 203-; Mexican 271- ; Columbian 27 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half 54- In the Share Market little doing, London and Birming ham advanced to 90 Premium ; Brighton to 2 Premium ; Asphelta One Pound lower fetching 15 Premium. Consols for Account, 93i THREE O'CLOCK. GENERAL SIR JAMES MACDONELL.-A piece of plate, value 200 guineas, has been presented to this distin guished officer (brother of the late Glengarry), by the inha bitants of Armagh and its vicinity, as a memor i al of the re gard which he conciliated during a seven years' residence among teem in command of the northern districts of Ireland. The departure of General Maedonell to assume the command of the troops serving in Canada, called forth this tribute of respect from the warm-hearted people o f I reland. At a special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace for the city and liberty of Ripon, held on the 30th of March, Mrs. Sarah Turner, widow, was appointed one of the over seers of the poor of the township of Aismtinderby-eum- Bond gate, within the said liberty, for the year ensuing. The patronage of the united parishes of Broughton, Glenholm, and Kilbucho, in Peebles-shire, was on Friday ex posed to sale within the old Signet Hall, at the upset price of 300 L, and was finally knocked down, after a keen competition, at 5831. -- Scots Times. LLOYD'S SHIPPING:-(TitS DAY.) NAI., APRIL 12.—Wind N. W., moderate.-13th.—Wi n d N. E.,. fine weather.—Arrived and proceeded for the River the, Margaret Wijkle, Sj-nith, frbrn MativititA ; Notirmahal, FArerifi'oei Nt Litiflie dam the Itflieti rind pi'deceded the eamerons, for Berbice ; James Cruickshank, for Trinidad ; Psyche, for Jamaica; Mazeppa, Late, for the Cape of G oo d Hope ; Glenisla. far ditto ; Cambridge, Douglas, for Bombay ; Barlow, gpente, for g,t. John ° s i Nett tituuswiek 1 Lady of the tales, for Bilbda j Lawson, fof Quebec Indus ; for ditto ; Albion, for clittoj Mit& Nymph, Wiisdn, for Africa ; Travel. ler Ward, for Mitarnichi ; Bragania (steamer), Westward. PotiTSsionfit, Afttit, 12.Wincl N. to N.N. W., fi ne. _ April 15—Wind N. W. td lai. t fine.—Arrived the Cambridg e , from London, for Bombay ; her Majesty's ship Hastings, from the Eastward. Passed by the Samson, Sturges, from New York; President, Chadwick, from New York, for London, in 20 days. Sailed the Hope, Harrell, for Memel; Flora, Tarno, for Memel; Arve, Carruthers, for Quebec ; Eleanor, Taylor, for Quebec; Dryden, Bruce, for Quebec; Duke of Rox burgh, for South Australia ; Maria, Wetherell, for New York ; Ann, Hoggs, for Quebec. Her Majesty's ship Athol is gone out of harbour to Spithead. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind S. E. to N. W.—April 12 Wind N.—Sailed the Nightingale, Cruickshank, Demerara. FALMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind N., fresh breez -s and fine. —Arrived the Frances, Russell, from Port-au-Prince ; J ersey packet, Smith, from Jersey. Arrived off port the Nicolai 1., from Messina ; • Charlotte Caroline, —, from Charleston. , Sailed the Curlew, Christian, for Cadiz; William Fawcett, steamer, Brooks, for the North-coast of Spain, Gibraltar, and Madeira; Jason, Ferguson, for Hamburg; Elizabeth R an dl e, Randle, for Honfleur ; Chieftain, Peters, for Liverpool. Speakings—The French bark, Cayennes, on the 29th of March, in lat. 42, N., lon. 29, W. ; and brig Merino, of and from Bristol, on the 7th of April, lat. 44, N., lon. 13, W., by the Frances. DUBLIN, AeBIL 12.—Arrived the Ro:fal Adelaide steamer, from London. NULL, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Express, Active, Partridge, Sympathy, Parrott, Jasmine, Clarke, Jane and Maria, Ward, and Exchange, Proudlove, from liamburgh and Humber, Mason, from St. Petersburgh and Copenhagen. LlvaurooL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.W., fresh. APRIL 13. Wind N.W., light.—Arrived the Calcutta, from Bombay; John, Bagshaw, from Mauritius ; William Hu:Alton, from Monte Video; Cora, Hamilton, from Buenos Ayres; Isa bella, Thork, from Demerara ; Marys, Crosby, from Barba does ; John Hall, Crowell, Cumberland, Amazon, Sylvanus, Jenkins, Solus, Wets, Samuel and John, Perkins, Ohio, Cul ler, and Fluniah, from New Orleans ; Columbine, Stenren, Turbo, Johnstone, and Europe, Gill, from Mobile ; Glide, from Apalachicola; Copes, Knight, and Hallem, from Charle ston ; Waltham, Barstow, and Olive, Connor, from Savannah ; Captain Ross, Morton, Stag, Burnham, and William Engs, from New York; John Bentley, Robertson, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Meg Merrilies, from Africa; Echo, and Atlantic, from St. Michael's ; Ellen, Jenkinson, from Sicily ; James Lyon, Wilkin, from Messina ; and Urez, from Trieste. Arrived off port the Woodstock, Cooke, from Jamaica; Shan non, and Fairfield, from Savannah. STANGATE CREEK, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Eliza Sean, Brown, from Constantinople ; Swiftsure, Shyack, from Smyrna ; Tantivy, Butcher, from Cephalonia ; Mary, Sherry, from Vostizza. DOVER, APRIL 13.—Arrived off port, the Golden Spring, from Fernando Po; Clementina, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Chieftain (steamer) from Lisbon. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Arrived off port, the R ipid, from Lisbon. SIVANAGE, APRIL 13.—Arrived off port, the Thistle, Jen kins, from Berbice; Charlotte Caroline, from Charleston. BRISTOL, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Henry, Allen, Leghorn. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Potomac, Baxter, from New York. CLYDE, APRIL 11.—Arrived, Emma, Cole, from Trieste. The Modeste, Treggs, from Leith, put into llogness with loss of rudder, having been on shore on the Suinebot toms, bound to the Baltic. The Boidon, Mitchell, from Newcastle, put into Copen hagen, leaky, having been on shore and assisted off. The Christoval Colon, Heidtman, from Pernambuc ), was towed into Elsinore, with loss of rudder and leaky, having been on shore, and must discharge, bound to Stockholm. The Lacon, Green, from Bordeaux, put into Bei muda in distress, bound to Philadelphia. The Atlantic, Hardenbrock, from St. John's, New Bruns wick, put into the Clyde dismasted. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. This morning the Recorder, attended by Sheriff Carroll, with Aldermen Lainson and Sir M. Wood, entered the Court, and proceeded to pass the following sentences : Thomas Iverson, aged 18, convicted of forgery, was sen tenced to seven years' transportation ; the Recorder, however, observing, that, on the recommendation of the Learaed Judge who tried the case, the sentence would be commuted to impri sonment in the Penitentiary. To be transported for seven years—Jane Roberts. For fourteen years—William Green and T. Elloyatt. For fifteen years—J. Stevens, J. Dovan, G. Lathom, S. Marryatt. For life—W. Stevens, Alfred Fossett, G. Kent, R. fliers. In reference to the latter prisoner (convicted of arson), the Recorder observed, that a short time ago the sentence for that offence would have boen one affecting the prisoner's life ; and indeed the circumstances of the case might have warranted a form of indictment, whereof, if the prisoner had been convicted, even under the existing law, he would reasonably have incurred capital punishment; for there were more than one inmate in the house at the time he set fire to it. J. Alison (convicted of the murder of Emma Cripps) was then placed at the bar ; and the Recorder, addressing the pri soner, said, he rejoiced to be enabled to inform the prisoner that his life would be spared, but on the condition th it he should be transported for life. This commutation, the Re corder observed, did not proceed from any doubt in the law of England as to the heinous crime of which the prisoner had been convicted—and it was not to be supposed that there was anything so sickly in the state of public feeling in the country as to create a sympathy, or even pity, for the perpetrator of that offence, under the revolting circumstances with which it had been accompanied. The Recorder alluded to the charge which the prisoner had persuaded the deceased to make against her own father, of arson. On being asked w h at h e had to say why judgment of death should not be recorded against him, the prisoner said, in hurried accents, " I n ever believed the charge—l dissuaded her from it—l told her it would hang her father." Judgment of death was then recorded against the prisoner. NEW COURT. TRIAL. OF THOMAS WILLIAMS, ESQ., FOR FORGERY (FIFTH HAY). At half-past nine o'clock this morning, Air. Baron PARKE entered the Court, and the Jury having answered to their names, the examination of witnesses for the defence was pro ceeded with. Thomas Owen ; who was examined through an interpreter, stated that he was in the service of the prisoner as coachman ; and had been so for a period of about seven years. Remem bers the Sunday before Whitsunday last year. On the morn inrs of that day he drove his master in an open phaeton to Prasoevyn, the residence of Mr. Panton. When they ar rived there they stopped at an iron gate, which leads to Plasgyn House. The prisoner alighted, and approached the house from the iron gate. Witness also _ g ot down, and went to the horses' heads. lie afterwards drose his master to the house of his brother (Mr. Gethin Wil lisms) at Ruelass. Went there about three o'clock, and remained till evening, when they returned home to the Castle. Saw Mr. Barton Panton on that day about twelve miles from Plasgwyn. Mr. Price and another gentleman was with him. Met them at Pontrey-bridge between ten and eleven o'clock. The prisoner spoke to one of the three gentlemen, and was answered by the person he addressed. Remembers the Whit- Monday following. He and his master went that morning from Brynbras to Plasgwyn, in the phaeton as before. Stopped at the iron gate, and Mr. Williams went into the house. Cannot say how long he remained there, but he came to Ruclass in the evening, and they ret urne d h ome t o the C as tl e . - Cross-examined by Sir NV. FOLLETT—Was not examined before the Commissioner at Carnarvon, nor before the Ma gistrate at Guildhall. This is his first public account of it. The iron-gate is for foot passengers. There is a carriage road beyond it, where there is another iron-gate. The small gate was nearest the front door of Plasgwyn !louse. Has seen Mr. Panton often at Brynbras. Has not latterly been in the habit of putting up the carriage there. Has driven his master several times to Plasgwyn within the last three years. On the last day that he drove him it did not rain, but the wea ther was very foggy. Whitsuntide was about a week after the day he drove his master. Recollects it well because Whitsuntide is a great holiday in Wales. Has often himself been to the house at Plasgwyn. The iron-gate through which his master went opens to the front of the house. Owen Williams, examined by Mr. JERVIS—Was in the service of the prisoner. Since he had been in the service he had seen Mr. Jones Panton at Brynbras. Recollected assist ing in putting up the horses of the phmton the Sunday before Whitsunday. His master and Thomas Owen went away together to Plasgwyn that day. They came back that evening at twilight. He also assisted to put the horses to the can iage on Whit-Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Thomas Owen went away together to Plasgwyn. The Rev. J. Williams was a clergyman of the Church of England, residing at Ruclass, and brother to the prisoner. Was also a magistrate of the county of Anglesea. Ru lass was his own property. Ilis brother was in the habit of visiting him at Ruelass, which was about a quarter of a mile from Ruelass. Recollected the Sunday before Whitsuntide. His brother was at Ruelass on that day. It was the 7th of May. The reason he recollected the day was, that Mr. Pen ton was taken ill on Whitsunday. He is certain that it was the Sunday before Whitsunday. Generally dines about two o'clock on Sundays. Dined at his usual hour on the Sun day in question. The prisoner dined with him. He left Ruelass between four and five in the afternoon. Thomas Owen was the servant who accompanied him that day. He is the sere ant who is generally in the habit of driving his brother. Heard of Mr. Pariton's being taken ill on Whitsunday. On Whitsunday he sent a messenger to inform the prisoner and his wire of Mr. Panton's illness. They met the messenger on the gay, and sent their carriage to Ruclass, and came after it. It was about twelve o'clock when they arrived. They remained till evening. Mrs. Williams was at Ruelass, and slept there one night previous to the deal . ' of Mr. Penton. Did not see her the night she came to Ruelass, as he had gone to bed when she arrived. Saw her next morning, when she told him that she had seen her father and he was very poorly. Was ac quainted with the writing of the deceased. Had never seen him write, but lie and the deceased were subscribers to a dis pensary, and it being necessary to have the catifieates signed by two of the subscribers, he frequently sent a certificate to Mr. Panton to get it signed, and in this way became ac quainted with .his sianature.. A letter was here put in and proseciby the 4iint:s!: , eiror,,,fit the hand of the deceas e d. Remembers on one occasioll ' the dect`fased sifS;rig to him " / must lf‘g of you to take care of Laura. if any thing should lifippA!A to poor Tom— (leaning the prisoner)—for he is my exe cutor.") Has on other occasions heard him speak most affec tionately of Mr. Williams. Cross-examined.- -- Has often seen the deceased and Mrs. Williams together: Was occasionally in the habit of calling at Pimgwyn, but not to say often. Was coming out of church when he met his brother. The service of his Church is over generally about twelVe. Left it on horseback immediately after the service. The distance to his house was about five miles, and it rionld take him an hour or more to ride home. None of his servants afe In tOWn: A lady who resides with Mrs. Williams as a companion is hi town. The prisoner's wife was with him when she met him. Was not exaritirA in the proceedings before the Ecclesiasti cal Court, and made no statement or deposition before this. The observation made by Mr. Panton with respect to Laura (prisoner's wife), was made to witness tortarde the latter end of March, shortly after the return of Mr. and Mrs. Williams from London. No one was present at the conversa. tion. 'Witness had called to pay a visit to his brother and wife, on the occasion of their return from London. Mentioned the conversation which he had with Mr. Panton to his bro ther the day after the decease of that gentleman. The way it came about was this. His brother told him that he had been appointed executor to Mr. Panton's will. He said he knew that, for Mr. Panton himself had told him so. He knew that Mr. Barton PAnten had been acting as executor at the time. Was requested by Mrs. Jones Panton to go over to Plasgwyn with her, as she wished to purchase some of the furniturs from Mr. Barton Panton ; but though lie went then he took no pstrt in the transaction. Did not tell her that Mr. Barton Panton was Shit the executor, because he had adsised his brother to keep it a secret until he went to London, where the wills were, that he might there advise esiih his Proctor as to what course he should pursue. By the ATTOIIN EY- GENERAL.—The day after Mr. Panton's death the prisoner told him that he wanted to go to Plas gwyn, to take possession of the things there. Witness told him not to make any stir or commotion then, because he did not know what wills there might be after his. He said he should be greatly surprised if there were, because the deceased had confirmed his will on the 7th of May. Witness ollsereed that Mr. Panton had been poorly for a fortnight, and getting up every day, he did not know what other wills he might have made. Ile added, that he had better go to London, get his wills, and obtain the ad vice of his proctor. His mother had previously told him that the wills were lodged at his banker's. He is very certain this conversation took place on the day after Mr. Panton's death. Eliza Morris stated that she lived at Ruelass, as a compa nion to Mrs. Gethin Williams. She is not in a fit state to come to London. Remembers the Sunday before Whitsun day. Saw Mr. Thomas Williams at Ruelass that day. Tho mas Owen had brought the phaeton there, previous to his mas ter's arrival. Saw Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams at Ruelass, on Whitsunday. •; Cross-examined by 11r. PHILLIPS—The Sunday in ques tion was wet in the early part of the day. It was about one o'clock on Whit-Monday when Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wil liams arrived. Heard that Mrs. Thomas Williams Went across to Plasgwyn to see Mr. Jones Panton that day. Heard it from Thomas Owen. Happened to ask him where the family were, and it was in reply to the question Owen told her that Mrs. Williams had gone across to Plasgwyn. Jane Thomas examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Was in the service of the late Mr. Jones Panton, as upper house maid, for about nine years, down to the time of his death. Occasionally attended personally upon him. No other servant attended him so but witness. He was as kind to witness as a master ought to be. He often said to witness " that she should not be the loscrby him." Told her so frequently. The last occasion on which he repeated the observation was about three weeks before his death. Witness was in the habit of rubbing his legs every night, as they were very numb and swollen. Her master complained of a cold on the Thursday before Whitsunday, and on the latter day he yeas very ill. Saw Mr. Williams at Plasgwyn a few days be fore the Thursday. Cannot tell what day of the week it was. Met him in the hall going towards the blue parlour, where her master was in the habit of sitting. Cannot exactly say what hour of the day it was. Saw Mr. Williams again at Plasgwyn on Whit-Monday. Mrs. 'Williams was alone with him on that occasion. Does not recollect the hour at which she saw them. They saw Mr. Panton that day in the par lour. Witness was not present. Saw Mrs. Williams at Plasgwyn again before her master's death, but did not see the prisoner. It was about two days before her master's death. Had often seen Mr. Panton and Mr. Williams together. It appeared to him that he was ♦ery proud of his daughter. He went to ace her about twice a year. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS.-Did not recollect at what time the prisoner came to Plasgwyn, but thought it was before dinner. Witness did not let them - in on either of the occasions. Was told by the servants that Mr. and Mrs. Williams came in their four-wheeled carriage on Whit Monday. Hugh Thomas, the butler, was the person who generally opened the hall door. Her master was very fond of Mrs. Williams, but cannot say whether he was fond of Mrs. Barton Panton. Cannot say whether he was fond of Mrs. Barton Panton's little child. No one was even present at the conver sations in which the deceased told her "she should not be a loser by him." Always expected that Mr. Panton would have left her a legacy. Never said that she did not expect to have been left a legacy. To the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Was summoned by the prose cutor as well as by the prisoner. The ATTORNEY.-GENERAL put in an almanack to prove that the 31st of May 1834, fell on a Saturday, and stated that this closed the evidence for the defence. Sir FOLLETT then rose to reply on the part of the prosecution. He said that it now became his duty, as Coun sel for the prosecution, offer some observations to the jury, on the evidence which had been adduced both for the prosecution and the defence, in the course of this protracted and pain ful inquiry. It was his intention, as far as he could, to confine these observations within the narrowest possible limits, and he would carefully endeavour to avoid fol lowing the example of the Attorney-General, who had introduced topics in speechhis of t p y r h o i p el o i rt l y v , er l e ie wholly would extraneous to the subject of inquiry. If this were a quest i on involving merely a large amount have reason to complain of some of the observations of his Learned Friend, and particularly of those which were directed personally , against himself, and which were intended, no doubt, to prevent the jury from paying any attention to the remarks which in the discharge of his duty he would be called upon to address to them. On any ordinary trial he would certainly have a right to complain of the course which had been pursued by the Learned Gentleman, but in the present case he would utter no complaint. He ing concern u li c e o rthe observations t)os ti chhehdi client the made every allowance for the responsibility of the situation in s ;t e a s:actuated only by a sense of that respon sibility w hich his Learned Friend found himself placed ; he could sstiboioldit.yllinsdLbeyarned Friend stated to theirrtruly the consequences n A o t t to b r u u t ey fe . e G l which would attend the finding of a verdict of guilty against his client ; the punishment which would follow it was severe e t i h ie a a t r:ii i io n eu : and certain, and with such consequences staring him in the face, there was no observation however strong, no insinuation however unjust, which he thought might be serviceable to h is client, that he (Sir W. Follett) did not think he would b e j ustifi ed in using. He, of course, made this observation only in reference to his own feelings, for he was not sure that any thing could justify the charges which had been openly made against gentlemen of character and re spectamo , „, t ,, o f h a ving perjured th emse l ves, in the evi dence which they had given in this case, and some of them even of having committed forgery. Ile thought that in this his Learned Friend had outstepped the limits, wide as they were, to which zeal fer the interest of his client entitled him to go. His Learned Friend had complained that a case such as this should have been brought to trial in a criminal iestead of a civil Court. He told them that t h e right to this property might h ave b een tried by a civil action, or. in the Ecclesiastical Court. This, indeed, would have been true, if the crime of forgery had been blotted altogether from the criminal code of this country, but while it still remained a crime by the law of the land, and w hil e there were grounds for supposing that crime had been committed, lie could hardly think the prosecutor would have been warranted in appealing to any other Court. Supposing will w to :ü b l d e tried in atthbeeeEncelesi placedas Ecclesiastical however, that his c li ent su ff ere d t h e validity of this forged ae would situa tion not have had th e i ntervent i on and protection of a Jury ; wit iCaowurhtath wit nesses were not examined there viva voce, and could not be subjected to that searching cross-examination which in such a case could alone have the effect of eliciting the truth, and he could not comprehend how it could ever be made the subject of complaint, that the case should be investigated in this, one of the highest courts of justice in the land, before a .Judge who was one of the most learned and distinguished ornaments of the Bench, and by a jury who, by the unwearied, the anxious, a n d pat i ent atten ti on w hi c h they h a d given to this tediou s and protracted inquiry, had prayed themselves i n every way qualified for the task. The consequences to the prisoner of this investigation had been much dwelt upon by his Learned Friend ; he (Sir W. F. )bad never endea voured to conceal them, but whatever the result might be he was satisfied that justice would be done to the prisoner. (To be continued in our Second Edition.) SW 1 ND L NG.—Sotne days since a fashionably dressed gentleman called at the e'stablishment of Mr. Groves, a merchant-tailor, in the Blackfriars-road, and gave an order for a suit of clothes. The order was accordingly executed with all requisite expedition, and on Thursday last the gen tleman again called to inquire whether the clothes were finished. Mr. Groves Was not himself at home, but his son, who acts in his absence, i n f orme d t h e stranger t h at t h e su i t was qu i te ready, when h e immediately presente d i n payment a note, purporting to be of the Bank of England for 201., which ap peared to hav e b een torn, b ut t h e h a l ves o f which were after wards pasted together. Young Mr. Groves, not having suffi cient cash to balance the account, called on Mr. Silcox, a neighbour, for change, which was immediately given. The clothes having been delivered, and the account settled, the " customer" took his departure, after repeated assurances of future patronage. What was the astonishment, however, of Mr. Silcox to find that, on the note being presented for pay ment, it was stopped at the Bank for the following reasons, viz., that although the first half of the note was for 20/., the latter half was only for 10/., and that both belonged to notes that had been stolen. The advantages derivable to the per petrators from thi s system o f fraud are at once observable, and the public cannot exercise too much caution in inspect ing the numbers of notes, to guard against such wholesale swindling. A similar occurrence to that related above hap pened to a gentleman in the same neighbourhood a few years ago, which afterwards gave rise to the roost vexatious judicial proceedings at Union-hall. GREENACRE OUTDONE.—Accounts from Bag 14eres (Hawes Pyrenees) the 25th of March, state that the arratidisternent of Bagnerra de Bigoirc, has just been the theatre of an atrocious crime. A man has been murdered, first, by means of a heavy mallet for splitting wood ; then bled from the throat ; and, finally, dispatched by repeated blows of a hatchet. The limbs were then separated from the trunk, the trunk enclosed in a charcoal sack, and the whole, after being carried across precipices to the highest of the mountain, thrown into a deep hole of the depth of 150 feet. The unhappy victim lived with his wife, a young woman of 22, and his mother-in-law, in a dilapidated cottage, situated in the wildest part of the common, called the Hante Norte& He had for some time lived on had terms with these two women, on the subject of some disputes about property, in termixed with some jealousy of another female ; and they ap pear to have determined with the most deliberate preme ditation, to get rid of him by violence. Both assert their claims to the largest share in the murder. Both with un precedented sang froid have detailed all the frightful minutiae of the event, which surpass in horror all that has been re corded of similar deeds of blood. These two women are at present under the hands of justice in the prison of Bagneres. The unhappy victim of their revengeful atrocity was a Spaniard. —Constitutionnel. Within the last few days large posting and hand bills have been extensively distributed about the metropolis offering a reward of ten guineas to any person who can give any information likely to lead to the discovery of Mr. John Sampson, an independent gentleman, a resident of the city of Bath, who has been missing ever since the 24th of November last. It appears that on that day the unfortunate gentleman arrived in London by the Bath coach, and the last trace that has been learned of him has been that he went during the afternoon to the counting-house of Messrs. Forbes and Co., in King William -street, where be received a considerable sum, the amount of an order, from which time he has never been heard of, notwithstanding every exertion has been usesi by his friends and by the metropolitan police to obtain in formation respecting him. The greatest fears are therefore entertained that the unfortunate gentleman, being a stranger in London, has been inveigled by some villanous sharper into one of those dens of infamy with which the metropolis abounds, and basely murdered for the sake of the money in his possession. He is described as being about sixty-seven years of age, and five feet six inches high ; gray eyes; very little hair, and that nearly white ; no whiskers ; the figure slight, and had on when he left Bath a dark bottle-green frock-coat, buff waistcoat, and red neckcloth, gaiters and shoes. _ -••--- GOOD FRIDAY.—No Good Friday, for many years, has been observed in the metropolis with so much out ward decency, as that which has just past ; of course the lead ing shops were all closed, but in many parts of the town, where it was formerly the custom to carry on business quite openly, no trace of business could be seen. The suppression of the "sports" at Chalk Farm had a most beneficial ten tency, as not one half of the usual assemblage of thieves and prostitutes was collected. Placards were posted about the • premises, reflecting on the conduct of the Magistrates, and announcing the " amusements" for a future occasion. CLAMMING JURYMEN.—A curious circumstance occurred during the last Sheffield Sessions. Before the trial of one of the prisoners, against whom there were two indict ments, the jury had been allowed to go out for a few minutes. Mr. Wild, the constable, happened to be standing near the dour of the Sessions'-room, when the jury were returning, and heard a juryman say to the uncle of the prisoner, " I'll do the best 1 can for him." The prisoner was :acquitted on the first indictment, which led Wild to attach more importance to the expressiort than lie had done at first ; and he therefore mentioned the fact to the solicitor for the prosecution. It was then stated to the Counsel for the prosecution, and by him to the Court. wil t ; was called into the witness-box, and wing verified his statemen t on oath, the juryman was place. In another case, where dis missed, and another put lit his the evidence was very confl;rtint,:' there was apparently a ma jority in favour of the prisoner's inns cFrice : one of them, how ever, insisted he was guilty, and .saio, c` If they thought to clam him they were mistaken, as he eculd stand clamm in g with the best of them," and added that h had prepared for it . ner was found The consequenCe of his threat was, the p:is o guilty, but recommended to mercy. As " in g " ma y not be intelligible to our distant readers, it means .45tnrving" the dissentients into acquiescence. —Sheffield Mercury . . - Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clol^ l 7 a labouring man, named Alfred Parker, who lives at No. 4, 1 Dean's-place, Somerstown, while proceeding across the fields near to Copenhagen-house, discovered the body of a new-born female child, thrown in a ditch—it was quite naked. The ap• pearance of the body was indicative of its having been born alive, although it was evident that no professional aid had been rendered at the time of birth. There are strong marks of compression about the throat. SCOTT'S RULES FOR PRESIDING AT A PUBLIC DINNER.—Ist. Always hurry the bottle round for five or six rounds, without prosing yourself, or permitting others to prose. A slight flip of wine inclines people to be pleased, and removes the nervousness which prevents men from speak ing,—disposes them, in short, to be amusing and to be amused. 2d. Push on, keep moving, as young Rapid says. Do not think of saying fine things—nobody cares for them any more than for fine music, which is often toe liberally bestowed on such occasions. Speak at all ventures, and attempt the mot pour rire. You will find people satisfied with wonder fully indifferent jokes, if you can but hit the taste of the com pany, which depends much upon its eharacter. Even a very high party, primed with all the cold irons and non pet land feelings or no feelings of fashionable folks, :nay be stormed by a jovial, rough, round and ready prescs. Choose ycur text with discretion—the sermon may be as yoti like. Should a drunkard or an ass break in with anything out pf j o int, if you can parry it with a jest good and well—if not, do Not exert your serious authority, unless it is something I/try bad. The authority even of a chairman ought to be very cautiausly exercised. With patience you will have the support of every one. 3d. When you have drunk a few glasses to play the good fellow and banish modesty (if you are unlucky eizough to have such a troublesome companion) then beware of tin 3 cup too much. Nothing is so ridiculous as a drunken p7eses. Lastly, always speak short, and shock sleek na skid —cut a tale with a drink. " This is the purpose and intent Of guide Sebir Walter's testament."—Life by Lockhart. LONGEVITY.—A few days since a woman died in Charlton -street, Fitzroy-square, at the great age of 110 years. She was a native of Scotland, and widow of a soldier, whom she had accompanied in his services to various parts of the world; but she had no offspring, and having outlived all her relatives, she had in her latter days been supported by charita ble individuals. She is stated to have been of very regular habits, an early riser, and enjoyed good health and the posses sion of her faculties till within a very short time of her disso lution. She was of the Roman catholic religion, and, long after she had attained her hundredth year, was in the daily ha bit of walking from Fitzroy-square, to Clarendon-square, So mers town, to attend the first mass at the catholic chapel at seven o'clock in the morning. _ _ _ On Sabbath last, a ewe, the property of Mr. Gray, Moorfield, yeaned four lambs ; all of which, along with their dam, are in.a thriving condition. Last year, the suite ewe had four lambs ; and, in the end of April, 183t3, she had three, her first produce ; making eleven lambs, in the short space of a year and eleven months.— Glasgow Argus. On Thursday evening au inquest was held at the Cumberland's Head Tavern, in the City-road, before Mr. Baker and a respectable jury, on the body of Elizabeth Levy, aged 40. From the evidence it appeared that the decelsed, who was the wife of a shoemaker, was much addicted to drink, and after a drunken lit, in which she had spent six shillings she had received from the parish, as well as other money got from her husband's club, she became so ill that she drunk and ejected from he.- stomach nearly a dozen quarts of water. She then went and procured some oxalic acid, which she mixed up in some porter, and drank off, saying she did not wish to live longer, and died shortly afterwards. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." The winter appears to have quite left us, and we have suffered less from its severity than we believe most parts of England. The evergreens arc uninjured, except where they were exposed to the stroke of the wind. The myrtles, which in this part may be considered as hardy plants, have not suffered more than usual. The geraniums out of doors, we believe, arc everywhere destroyed. Spring seems esta blished. The Horse-chest:tit is alteady in leaf, and the hedges are every day assuming a brighter tint of green. As paragus, not forced, was cut a week ago from the garden of the \Ten. Archdeacon Sheepshanks at St. Gluvias, and early cab bage more than a week before. The genial rains which seem now to be setting in, with the continued mild weather , will in a few days cloth e a ll nature i n h er S pr i ng livery.—Fahnouth Express. SWINDLING.--An ingenious plan has lately been hit on by an accomplished gang of swindlers in the City, which will give a wide sphere for the most extensive fraud, and lead soma of the India brokers into an unpleasant secret. The plan alluded to is this : one of the gang takes'a counting house with cellars, and commences in the ale trade. A second, who has a counting-house also, encloses him an order through post, which he pretends he has received from an officer in India (the Ga:ctte will at once supply the name of the officers of regiments stationed there, and Quartermasters are generally selected,) for a certain quantity of pale ale, cider, and wine, of course of the best quality, to be shipped by the first vessel going out, and to be paid for by bill. The order is executed with a very infierior article, while enormous prices aro charged. A bill is drawn on the party who is alleged to have sent from India, and made payable thirty days after sight ; and the transaction is rendered apparently perfectly regular by the party who had pretended to have received the order acknow ledging it to be all right. The goods arc shipped on board, and the holder of the bill finds very little difficulty in getting it discounted by an India broker, particularly as he places in his hands, as an additional security the bill of lading for the goods. Several transactions of this description are said to have latterly taken place, and it is said that such is the qualit o f the goods sent, that they will not sell for one-fourth of what has been charged for them in India. - FASHION IN NEW YORK.—The editor of a newspaper in that emporium of fashion received an invitation to a ball, and answered in the following terms I have no special objection, provided they do not require me to dance; still I would prefer my friends to get up a prayer meeting, and have some good psalms and hymns sung, intermingled with a few hundred oysters stewed and pickled. I like to see pretty women eat oysters l"—Literary Gazette. IRELAND. LEO;tr, Arrom7rm office of Cleric of the Rule . 3 in the Qsaz!en's Beach, vacant by the death of Mr. Hay. l an d, h as h e -rm bestowed by his Fzeellcssey on Mr. Co s tell o , The appointrn.'ut appears to have given general saiisfae, tion, for the cycnallows that "tee Government could not, peril:Ts, haste n ni e linated one more competent to the discharge of the duties . attachable to the office, or more profession and the public (poll generally p o pula r with the profession tics apart) than Mr. Costello s whilst the hub/in Even ing Post regards the appointwent as another gratifying demonstration of the political kW:ice which governs she allocation of patronage in Ireland. MINISTERS' MONEY.-011 Tuesday tb'rc was a great meeting, at the Town-Hall, Waterford, when rosointionti were passed to resist the proceedings of the Rev. Arch. deacon Kennedy toraise the valuation for Ministers' money. In - the Waterford Chronicle, it is stated that " the meeting was attended as numerously by the respectable Protestant and Dissenting, as by the Catholic parishioners, all of whore oincd, on this occasion, with a spirit and unanimity worthy of the cause, to resist the execrable aggression attempted to be made on their properties by the Rev. Incumbent." THE ARMY. Even allowing the military brevet at the Coronation to be on the most limited scale, it will necessarily cause many va cancies in the commands of districts, garrisons, and regiments, as also staff situations, and as a great majority of our readers feel naturally anxious on the occasion, we subjoin a list of appointments which must be vacated, calculating the contem plated brevet to take in only one year of each rank from the date of that which took place in .January, 1837. Commands of district• and staff appointments which will come vacant on the promotion of the present holders to ktt. perior rank by a brevet : Northern district, Majo:-General Sir R. D. Jackson. South-west ditto, Sir T. Al'Mabon. Inspecting-General of Cavai.:v, Sir .1 C. Dalbiac. Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland, Col. D'Aguilar. Deputy Quartermaster-General in Ireland, Sir Guy Camp bell, Bart. Chatham Garrison, Warre. Cavalry depot at Maidstone, Brotherton. Insrct!ng Field-officer in London, M`Gregor. Assistant Adjutant-General at Cork, Turner. Assistant Quartermaster-General at Athlone, Director of Field Works at Chatham, Paley, R. E. Command of Artillery at Carlisle, Sir H. D. Ross. Command of the Engineers at Gibraltar, Sir C. F. Smith. Commands of Reg:rnents, Colonelcies of Artillery and Engi neers, and Majorities in the Household Troops, which wil I become vacant by dw promotion of their present holders to the rank of Major-General by a brevet : Command of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel D'Oylv. Ditto Coldstream Guards, Fremantle. Ditto 6th Regiment, Sullivan. Ditto 9th Regiment, Sir .1. K. Williams. Command of the 18th Regiment, at present held by Colontl Burrell. Ditto 37th, by Colonel Smelt. Ditto 45th, by Colonel Vi., , ,, , oreaux. Ditto 47th, by Colonel Eirington. Ditto 52d, by Colonel Fergusson. Ditto 61st, by Colonel Da,riey. Ditto 70th, by Colonel Evans. Ditto 88th, by Colonel O'Malley. Ditto 97th, by Colonel Hamilton. Majority in Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards, at present held by Colonel Lambert. Ditto in Ist Battalion Scots Fusileer Guards, at present held by Colonel Sir .1. A. Hope. Five Colonelcies of Artillery, in place of Colonels Sir J. May, H. D. Ross, J. W. Smith, Sir Robert Gardiner, and R. Pym. Six Colonelcies of Engineers, in place of Colonels- J. F. Burgoyne, C. W. Pasley, Sir C. F. Smith, C. G. BM combo, H. Goldfinch, and J. R. Arnold._ Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, which will become vacant by the promotion of the holders to superior rank, twelve, namely, Colonels Sir R. Gardiner, Fremantle, Lord G. W. Russell, Wynyard, Fergusson, Brotherton, Sir J. A. Dalrymple, Si r J. H. Reynett, Smelt, J. R. Arnold, W. Wemyss, and the Earl of Munster; to which must be added the several regi mental promotions consequent on tilling up the commands of corps above mentioned.—ilforning Paper. DEPARTURE of the MISSIONARIES FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC. fr ‘ 'e following is a more detailed account of this interesting -ce than has yet appeared :--On Wednesday last th e Williams, who is greatly celebrated f or hi s mis_oncecN. reu . 1 1 ea 0 , 13, , sionary lat) ,,,,ers in the islands of the South P a cifi c O cean, took leave of . numerous friends, and set off u p on another great enterprise the unexplored islands in th a t remote an d ta , the world. Several oth er m i ss i onar i es is hazardous expediti on . Mr. Wil_ benighted part Of accompan;ed him in „ (4 - eans of a plan whi c h commence d liams, after having beeia engaged 15 or 16 ye ars i n c i v ili s i ng . the South Sea Islands, by with the inculcation of the dena'rincs of Christianity, return e d tissmonary Society have lately p two or three years ago, and the published an account of the diete' ils of his proceedings, rprise and admirati on . in to strike every one with se' His object in coming to England was ter procure a vessel i which he could visit some of the more distant islands, and obtain the aid of others in his enterp. -4 e ; and he succeeded to the height of his wishes. Earl Fitzwiiliamn transmitted to him the sum of 3001., which his Lore i shiP de ' sired him not to consider as the subscription of Lord Ktzwil liam, but the donation of the whole family, every menthes' of which was delighted with a history so full of gratifying inci dents, and so honourable to the father of the mission. Tire Duke of Devonshire contributed 1501., and several other, noblemen and gentlemen largely ailed the subscription, which the Corporation of London increased, very much to their credit, by 5001. Alderman Pirie undertook to purchase a ; es , sel adapted to the occasion, and selected the Cambdcn, w hi r _,,,h had formerly been a Government packet, and was in a perfect state of repair. The City ry . Canterbury steam-vessel by the Society to convey the Missionaries, and between wase 4 00 . and 500 of their friends front London Bridge to G „ „ t'end , I which the Camden, with her Bethel flag „„,„ are 1. Immense crowds were collected vu time flying , wa s ra'en Bride and ten o'clock the - t - wharfs and onorthe eam'i leers and as multitude. At moved off amide.` 1 10 ta reached the Cambden, and Mr. Wil• half-past one the steamar . 'ariea, and their wives aud chil hams and his brother mission, • I st the blessings and cheers unf t, 'u c ried_l4 , er dren, passed into the latter sell:, aim+l of toeir friends. The cambdeu with her proceeded towards the Nore, the steamer . t, l ‘ "n 1 ; r until half-past fur several miles. Time vessels spoke togetna. three o'clock, when the steamer turned Fount., and three- cheers were given on their final separation. In his acceunt of his proceedings in the South Sea letatillim Mr. Williams details an immense variety of interesting eumstances which occurred as the natives advanced in civi lisation. Having with the expert assistance of the native.e mil the islarel of Ravotonga, creeted a place for Divine worahip% Ile says—" In the interior of this chapel a eircomatance eca currel, which will give a strikieg malea of the feelings of at,, untaught people, when observing for t;:e first time the efficta. of written communication. As I had cope to the work mina morning without my square, I took up a chip, : l i( l 7ith a Pit" lde of charcoal wrote upon it a request that Mrs. W ')s WO it;: send me that article. I called a chief who was su his portion of the work, and said to him, ' Friend, take !hi' , go to our house, and give it ta Mrs. Williaina' He wag singular looking man; remarkably quick In his movements, anti had been a great warrior, but in one of the numerous battler lie had fought he had lost all eye, and giving me an CA pIe3FINCi look, he said, Take that I She will call me a fool, and aeolti rue if a take a chip to her.' Ni,' I replied, ' she will not ; take it and 4-o immediately, 1 tun in haste.' Perceiving me to be in earnest, he took it and asked, What nicet I say ?' I ro• plied, You have nothing to say, the chip will say all I wish.' With a look of astonishment and contempt lie took up the piece of wood, and said, How can this speak ? llama this a mouth ?' I desired him to take it immediately, and not (spend so much time talking about it. On arriving at time house, he gave the - chip to Mrs. Williams, who read it. threw it awar e and went to the tool chest, whither the chief, resolved to see the result of this mysterious proceeding, followed her closely. Oa receiving the square from her, he said, Stay, daughter; how do you know that this is what Mr. Williams wants Why,' she replied, did you not brieg me a chip just now ?' Yes,' said the astoaished warrior, but I did not hear it Sac' any thing.' if you did not, I did,' was the reply, for it made known to me what he wanted, and all you have to do is to re turn with it as quickly as possible.' With this the chief leaped out of the heuse, and catching up the piece of wood, he ran through the settlement with the chip in one hand and the square in the other, holding them up as high as his arms could read% and shouting as he went, See the wisdom of these Englisla people !—they can make chips talk—they can make chilts talk.' On giving me the square, he wished to know how it was possible thus to converse with persons at a distance. I gave him all tic explanation in my power; but it was a cir cumstance involved in so much mystery, that he actually tied a string to the chip, hung it r-uod his neck, and wore it fur some time. During several d,; , :s . we frequently saw him sura rounded by a crowd, who wire liateaiog with intense iuterest, while he narrated the wonders which this chip heel performed. - Mr. Williams has, with the skilful assistance of the Lathes. erected several schools, in which thousends of children are educated, and in which he hoe appoieted come of the pareetms as the instrtttont. , ;. Before he visited the, island the inhabi tants were eaenNals and idelane-e—they are now Ci!ristiaril in the CAM sense (.4 thy. word, and prove their humanilv eel integrity whenever a vessel is driven upon their shores. Accounts from New Orleans to the 10th ult. men tion that the Senate bad again passed the Bill for the regula tion of the Banks and for authorizing the issue of post notes at one, two, and three wears after date, which had been - vetoed by the Government. it was not expected, however, that Ilia House of Representatives., which before had agreed to thes would concur in it now, as the Bank party—that is, lily American Batik party—Were powerful there, and Wat likv4 to go with the Governor. The Clause in the Act giving the power of scrutiny at all times and seasons into the stat e o f t h e Banks was exceedingly objectionable to that party, awl the privilege of issuing post rotes to an extent commensurate with, and limited by, the extent of the capitals of the Banks, accom panied by the restrictive condition alluded to, was not consi. dered equivalent to the right of unlimited issue of ineonvee. tible paper now enjoyed and exercised at discretion by both French and American Banks, particularly by the American non-specie paying Banks.—Morning raper.